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Some people collect autographs, some collect antiques, others collect stamps. My hobby is a little different, I collect bars. This site represents my collection, documenting each bar I visit.
This is not a review site, there's plenty of those already. Most posts in this bar diary are slice-of-life recaps of the half hour or so I spent having a beer. I hope you enjoy browsing through my collection!
--ScooterJA Few Random Favorites
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Velvet Dog
06 May 2003(Union Hill, Kansas City, MO) Scooter’s 12th bar, first visited in 2003. This is one of the trendier bars, a genre I typically am not a fan of. But of...
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Sting Ray’s
01 June 2011(Tybee Island, GA) Scooter’s 875th bar, first visited in 2011. Of all the bars we visited on Tybee Island, this was the only one that was packed to the gills....
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Bryson City Archive
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#1842: Bryson City Brewing
Posted on July 2025 | No Comments(Bryson City, NC) Scooter’s 1842nd bar, first visited in 2025. It was a toss-up which brewery in Bryson City we were going to visit today, but this one won out... -
#1840: River’s End
Posted on July 2025 | No Comments(Nantahala Outdoor Center, Bryson City, NC) Scooter’s 1840th bar, first visited in 2025. Cane here for dinner and drinks. Couldn’t sit at the bar due to it being a small...

